A bomb detonates, and the sound that only lasts a few minutes has the power to impregnate future generations long after wars have ended.

In this exhibit, trauma blankets are imprinted with the reverbs of violent sounds, questioning the lasting impact of wars and exposing the intergenerational connection of sound in war zones. Violent sounds permeate the bodies of pregnant women - into unborn children - travelling forward multiple generations.

The project examines the reverberations of acoustic violence after the war ends, and the immediate, tangible and invisible effects, interrogating when wars really do end. A common association with this is a cease-fire. Recently, after two years of Israel dropping over 70,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip, a cease-fire deal was reached, but how do we register the acoustic impact of two years of detonations?

From one family member to the next, multiple pieces of emergency blankets are stitched together collectively reflecting the effects of sound violence in a multigenerational family. The graphics on them were first created by exposing aluminium, the main component of emergency blankets, to ultrasonic waves under water. The waves generated bubbles and pressure that perforated the aluminium, each time differently, just as every violent sound is registered in the bodies and minds of each individual. These perforated graphics were then scaled up on metallic foil and heat-pressed onto the emergency blanket.